House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
84
BY
ISENHART
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
soil
and
water
conservation
courses
of
study
1
at
community
colleges
and
Iowa
state
university
of
science
2
and
technology.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
266.2,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
266.2
Courses
of
study.
3
1.
There
shall
be
adopted
and
taught
at
said
university
of
4
science
and
technology
practical
courses
of
study,
embracing
5
in
their
leading
branches
such
as
relate
to
agriculture
and
6
mechanic
arts,
mines
and
mining,
and
ceramics,
and
such
other
7
branches
as
are
best
calculated
to
educate
thoroughly
the
8
agricultural
and
industrial
classes
in
the
several
pursuits
9
and
professions
of
life,
including
military
tactics.
If
a
10
practitioner
preparation
program
as
defined
in
section
272.1
11
is
established,
it
shall
include
the
subject
of
physical
12
education.
13
2.
The
university
shall
offer
a
course
of
study
that
will
14
allow
students
to
obtain
an
undergraduate
degree
with
a
major
15
in
soil
and
water
conservation.
16
Sec.
2.
IOWA
STATE
UNIVERSITY
OF
SCIENCE
AND
TECHNOLOGY
——
17
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
SOIL
AND
WATER
CONSERVATION
DEGREE.
Iowa
18
state
university
of
science
and
technology
shall
offer
a
course
19
of
study
that
complies
with
section
266.2,
subsection
2,
no
20
later
than
the
fall
semester
of
2024.
21
Sec.
3.
STATE
BOARD
OF
REGENTS
——
SOIL
AND
WATER
22
CONSERVATION
ARTICULATION
AGREEMENTS.
The
state
board
of
23
regents
shall
revise
its
statewide
articulation
agreement
with
24
community
colleges
pursuant
to
section
262.9,
subsection
32,
25
to
provide
for
the
seamless
transfer
of
general
education
and
26
entry-level
agronomy
and
water
quality
coursework
that
will
27
count
toward
the
completion
of
an
undergraduate
degree
with
a
28
major
in
soil
and
water
conservation
at
Iowa
state
university
29
of
science
and
technology.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
relates
to
soil
and
water
conservation
courses
34
of
study
at
community
colleges
and
Iowa
state
university
of
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science
and
technology
(ISU).
1
The
bill
requires
ISU
to
offer,
at
a
minimum,
courses
of
2
study
that
will
allow
students
to
obtain
an
undergraduate
3
degree
with
a
major
in
soil
and
water
conservation.
The
bill
4
directs
ISU
to
offer
such
a
course
of
study
no
later
than
the
5
fall
semester
of
2024.
6
The
bill
directs
the
state
board
of
regents
to
revise
its
7
statewide
articulation
agreement
with
community
colleges
to
8
provide
for
the
seamless
transfer
of
general
education
and
9
entry-level
agronomy
and
water
quality
coursework
that
will
10
count
toward
the
completion
of
an
undergraduate
degree
with
a
11
major
in
soil
and
water
conservation
at
ISU.
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